Padraig O'Hora steps away from Mayo camp ahead of 2025 campaign

O'Hora joins Cillian O'Connor and a number of other Mayo stars in stepping away from the panel.

By: irishmirror.ie

Nov 25 2024
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Padraig O'Hora has become the latest Mayo player to make himself unavailable for the coming season.

It comes on the back of Cillian O’Connor’s decision to step away for the 2025 campaign and, like O’Connor, O’Hora hasn’t closed the door on his Mayo career just yet.

Although he first featured for Mayo in 2016, O’Hora didn’t make his Championship debut until 2020, at the age of 27, and impressed in their run to the 2021 All-Ireland final, particularly in the semi-final win over Dublin, who suffered their first Championship defeat in six years.

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However, he has dropped down the pecking order more recently, making just two starts this year, one each in the League and Championship.

O’Hora suffered a bad head injury while playing for his club, Ballina Stephenites, in the Mayo county quarter-final in September of this year and though he missed the semi-final win over Ballaghadereen, he returned for the final against Knockmore as they retained the title.

Along with O’Connor and O’Hora, Mayo manager Kevin McStay will also be without Michael Plunkett, James Carr and Rory Byrne, who have also opted out, in 2025 and while veteran Aidan O’Shea has committed, he is expected to miss the early stages of the League.

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